Leader of opposition in Haryana Assembly and senior leader of Indian National Lok Dal, Abhay Chautala on Wednesday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Manohar Lal demanding special girdawari (crop loss assessment exercise) and compensation at the rate of Rs 25000 per acre for affected farmers in the state.
In the letter written to the Chief Minister, Chautala said, “Newspaper reports suggest that you have a firsthand knowledge of the damage thus caused. It, therefore, surprises me that special girdawari to assess the damage done to the crops has neither been announced nor has it begun.”
“On behalf of the farmers of the state and as a Leader of opposition and INLD’s senior leader, I demand that a special girdawari be announced immediately to assess the loss to the farmers due to damage to crops. I also demand that compensation at the rate of Rs 25000 per acre be announced,” he said in his letter.
Meanwhile, former Haryana Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also demanded that the State Government give a special package to farmers whose crops were damaged due to heavy rains in the last few days.
Paddy, bajra and cotton crop were damaged due to heavy rains which lashed the state between September 22 and 24.
Hooda, while talking to the mediapersons in New Delhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP led Central and State Governments are anti-farmers and have not taken any step for the welfare of farming community despite their big poll promises.
The senior Congress leader demanded that the government must give special package to the farmers who have suffered crop damage and compensate them with at least Rs 20,000 per acre.